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electronic voting machines in one florida voting precinct more than a thousand early votes were of the wast or miscounted considering that george w. bush officially won the state by five hundred thirty eight votes these discrepancies could mean the difference in the election a close national election like everyone is expecting this year translates to an even closer election in the states are all it will take is a few thousand voters to flip election it is way too easy to steal an election in the united states of america our electoral college is for just one or two states to swing a presidential election every year the privatisation of the vote with electronic voting machines has handed over the being heart of our democracy the vote to corporate interests who then handle it in secret and the lack of an explicit federal right to vote for all eligible americans as made voter suppression efforts much easier and harder to prosecute or prevent. we must fundamentally change how we elect our president and who gets to vote in that election until we do this we claim can't claim to have a democra
electronic voting machines in one florida voting precinct more than a thousand early votes were of the wast or miscounted considering that george w. bush officially won the state by five hundred thirty eight votes these discrepancies could mean the difference in the election a close national election like everyone is expecting this year translates to an even closer election in the states are all it will take is a few thousand voters to flip election it is way too easy to steal an election in...
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they even lost cubans in florida, which used to reliable vote. so you have to ask what does the republican party do next? but that is not my top priority frankly. >> don't broad brush it excessively. the republicans kept the house, the democrats kept the senate and the president, a democrat, kept the white house. that is a split verdict. >> beneath those numbers there was an earthquake john. >> oh, the hidden earthquake. nobody felt it? >> everybody feels it. >> nothing on the restrictter scale but there was -- on the scale. >>> when you think we had 23 million people unemployed and the worst in our history and he still carried it through. i would call it a landslide under the conditions he had to run. i think it was a decisive victory. >> it was on several counts. first the exit polling showed most of the voters did blame the economic problems on bush and they wanted to give obama more time to work on it. pretty significant considering expectations said just the opposite. >> do you remember how many people attended his victory speech in 2008 in
they even lost cubans in florida, which used to reliable vote. so you have to ask what does the republican party do next? but that is not my top priority frankly. >> don't broad brush it excessively. the republicans kept the house, the democrats kept the senate and the president, a democrat, kept the white house. that is a split verdict. >> beneath those numbers there was an earthquake john. >> oh, the hidden earthquake. nobody felt it? >> everybody feels it. >>...
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florida, new and colorado. all too close to call at this you are i closing times, you have to th let you vote. don't let the fact that we'r the polls are closed let you leave. there, no matter who you're voting for, this is not the time to give up. ght. nothing is going to be decided tonight until it's all decided. no way to pick a winner until we have t in. including new jersey. but we always say thi need to interrupt weave a call to make in the state of new jersey. new jersey as a special case, but nbc news is projected that president obama has won in new jersey. we can also make a call in new jersey in new jersey. the democrat in that race the democratic senator bob m the projected winner in his senate race. we did not know how thiwas going to work out in new jersey in terms of whether we'd be able to talk about this state, but we now have an nbc news projectio for the president. >> this is going to be one of the great tonight. we're talking about a dynamic reporting the returns, they haven't been ret is con
florida, new and colorado. all too close to call at this you are i closing times, you have to th let you vote. don't let the fact that we'r the polls are closed let you leave. there, no matter who you're voting for, this is not the time to give up. ght. nothing is going to be decided tonight until it's all decided. no way to pick a winner until we have t in. including new jersey. but we always say thi need to interrupt weave a call to make in the state of new jersey. new jersey as a special...
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of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that and i wonder if he could describe what went on. guest: it came out of the trial court, to us. that is a circuit court in florida. bush filed in miami and that judge dismissed that case. there was an action filed by the canvassing board to extend the time for the returns having to be with the state. that's the case that first came to us. we had two statutes that we believe were directly in conflict as to whether the secretary of state had the legal power to extend the time for manual recounts. one said that if it was passed the
of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that...
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all florida. florida will not be moved aside by ohio. >> we believe in the power of florida here because florida has demonstrated its power. in terms of what i just summarized there, does it strike you in terms of your latest reporting as what's most important to keep an eye on? and what's your latest reporting on the other issues? >> absolutely, rachel. in the last couple hours, i made a couple phone calls and discovered that everything you said is accurate with one more county. miami-dade is also having issues with people who requested absentee ballots. some of these people requested that ballot a month ago. they requested it the beginning of october. and still haven't gotten them. if it's not returned by 7:00 p.m. on tuesday, in the a office on that day, it won't count. then the next wrinkle is that people who ordered their absentee ballots but decided to show up at a poll and try to vote will be made to vote on provisional ballots because there's no way to verify that person didn't mail if an
all florida. florida will not be moved aside by ohio. >> we believe in the power of florida here because florida has demonstrated its power. in terms of what i just summarized there, does it strike you in terms of your latest reporting as what's most important to keep an eye on? and what's your latest reporting on the other issues? >> absolutely, rachel. in the last couple hours, i made a couple phone calls and discovered that everything you said is accurate with one more county....
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if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a year ago, president obama's team was very straightforward. they expected it was going to be mitt romney. they were going to make him very unacceptable. the wealthy and out of touch background. they did that. they had a micro targeted micromessage strategy. they said what they were going to do. and stuck to that strategy seems to be with remarkable discipline. if it works, they look really, really smart. the difference between being really smart and really dumb -- [laughter] >> what's remarkable is that they broadcast that, right? >> and the romney campaign never -- or his allies never came up to say, boy, if they're goin
if president obama wins florida, it moves the -- >> i could see florida being -- >> what i heard democrats talk about if they can hold ohio, hold wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, hold nevada, they could lose all other swing states, lose the congressional district in maine and come out with exactly 270 electoral votes. gwen: you add it up that way, john? >> that sounds very powerful. what i am struck by is there hasn't been any mystery about this. if you go further than a...
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well, florida turned out to be still florida. the last ballot was cast in florida at 1:00 a.m. that means that person had to wait in line well over five hours to exercise the most fundamental right of our democracy. >> eliot: that was not necessarily a racially based act on the part of the state of florida. that was massive under investment and antiquated process that we've created for everyone to vote. what is the reason that certain counties need to change before we change voting process. >> places for the most part who have earned their place on that list as a result of history of discrimetation and i don't know i don't know ongoing problems. in 2008 more than half african-americans use the early voting program. they didn't have problems with early voting until that happened happened. then two years later in 2010 they decided they wanted to cut back on early voting and the section five act prevented the state from taking even more draconian cuts. the lines would have been worse. >> you're making the argument that i agree with. many of these voting processes changes that were
well, florida turned out to be still florida. the last ballot was cast in florida at 1:00 a.m. that means that person had to wait in line well over five hours to exercise the most fundamental right of our democracy. >> eliot: that was not necessarily a racially based act on the part of the state of florida. that was massive under investment and antiquated process that we've created for everyone to vote. what is the reason that certain counties need to change before we change voting...
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this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. that's to turn up the republican base. you see them both competing here in the i-4 corridor, where you find independents. vice president and paul ryan, i'll pull out the map as we close the conversation. that's just paul ryan, that's just vice president biden, that's governor romney. and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about nine states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're a
this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part...
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here in florida 50,000. is this the way the republicans are going to try to win this election, katon? >> i don't think so. there's several things. the graphic artist wasn't very good, start with that. that's the first person to fire. did they break any laws is the first question. were any laws broken on the regulations? i don't think so. >> true vote break the laws. >> did they have the right do it, organize. yes. both sides are doing it. is this going to be a contested election. >> both sides aren't doing this. >> there's another element to this. they're being poorly trained. you see, one of the contests that we have to deal with is where they were actually going into one community where somalians, naturalized somalians voting and telling them they didn't vote because they didn't speak proper english and not knowing that under the voting rights act, you got section 203,s bilingual provisions. you have to stop that. even their own people are embarrassed because they're mistraining purposely i think and telli
here in florida 50,000. is this the way the republicans are going to try to win this election, katon? >> i don't think so. there's several things. the graphic artist wasn't very good, start with that. that's the first person to fire. did they break any laws is the first question. were any laws broken on the regulations? i don't think so. >> true vote break the laws. >> did they have the right do it, organize. yes. both sides are doing it. is this going to be a contested...
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that election day is actually on wednesday not on tuesday not taking place right now at this moment in florida lines outside of pulling locations are also getting about three hours long according to reports in the state is also dealing with lawsuits that have been filed over early voting suppression meantime in oregon there. been allegations over food or fraud and ballot tampering in nevada democrats are being accused of registering illegal immigrants democrats are also being accused in states such as ohio north carolina of instructing the elderly and mentally disabled to vote for u.s. president barack obama meanwhile authorities in texas in iowa have now threatened international election monitors with arrest if they even approach voting locations so clearly the american alexion system is facing its challenges on this pivotal day where the electorate where the united states where voters will be deciding their president for the next four years nothing's going to the soon to be a lot of disenchantment we the two front runners but what about the challenges. well bill according to a gallup poll fo
that election day is actually on wednesday not on tuesday not taking place right now at this moment in florida lines outside of pulling locations are also getting about three hours long according to reports in the state is also dealing with lawsuits that have been filed over early voting suppression meantime in oregon there. been allegations over food or fraud and ballot tampering in nevada democrats are being accused of registering illegal immigrants democrats are also being accused in states...
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they think that the florida voters can just opt out of it. and what do you think about that constitutional contradiction? >> i don't think that that's actually possible. i would have to take a look at the amendment, i haven't seen it. >> stephanie: eve harrington will take time out from stabbing me in the back -- >> i'll take a look at that. >> stephanie: we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show" "stephanie miller show." ♪ she is awesome. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. hour number 3, and jim, we have a double dose of smoking-hot obama surrogates. kate walsh of gray's anataki -- anatomy. >> anataki. and the women of fright night lights support obama, because mitt romney stole their slogan. what it is? >> big eyes big heart no wallet -- >> stephanie: exactly. removing paper products from football field. no, that's not it. in the meantime here she is jacki schechner. >> mitt romney reacting to the news we added 171,000 new jobs last month by claiming the economy is at
they think that the florida voters can just opt out of it. and what do you think about that constitutional contradiction? >> i don't think that that's actually possible. i would have to take a look at the amendment, i haven't seen it. >> stephanie: eve harrington will take time out from stabbing me in the back -- >> i'll take a look at that. >> stephanie: we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show" "stephanie miller show." ♪ she is awesome....
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all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. anso e are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you so much. >> thank you. gerri: with the race to the white house so close, tomorrow may not only be a long night, it could go down in history as one of the closest presidential elections of all time. that list is tonight's top five. number five, 1848, this election marks the first time every state in the union voted for presidents on the same date. zachary taylor won the popular vote by nearly 5%, but only 36 electoral votes. number four, 2004, the winner was not determined until the followind
all over florida. wonderful everywhere. a senior living in florida. $760 billion from the medicare system. and seniors are recognizing that. recognizing what is going to happen. small businesses are recognizing that. anso e are finally getting the true facts out there about how devastating obamacare is, not only to florida, but to the rest of the country. gerri: and i'm sure you will be back soon to talk with us about obamacare. what is going on there. thank you for coming on tonight. always a...
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everyone remembers florida was home to the bush-gore election deadlock in 2000. now with reports of a tightening race the spotlight is once again on this critical swing state and its 29 electoral votes. melissa francis is live in tampa, florida. what are you doing there? what's happening? >> you can see over my shoulder things are very orderly here. but here in florida in the early voting where 4.5 million people turned out the lines were five and six hours long. that led to that in person absentee voting. but that's what they were doing here. in the meantime now lines have shortened. lines in orlando have been 2 hours long. just a lot of people out to vote. at the same time these folks are getting hammered with ads. i flew in last night and turned in david letterman. the entire block of commercials was all political ads. local stations have to be making a killing. i asked voters how they feel about all this attention they are getting. here is what one voter said. >> you feel like you are the center of the universe. everybody is focused on the middle of the state
everyone remembers florida was home to the bush-gore election deadlock in 2000. now with reports of a tightening race the spotlight is once again on this critical swing state and its 29 electoral votes. melissa francis is live in tampa, florida. what are you doing there? what's happening? >> you can see over my shoulder things are very orderly here. but here in florida in the early voting where 4.5 million people turned out the lines were five and six hours long. that led to that in...
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now if the new nbc marist poll is correct about florida, florida can decide it before we even, you know, do the late-night counting of the absentee ballots out of cleveland. i mean because florida, if that goes for president obama, that's pretty much the story, i think. >> mr. caputo, let me bring new you've in on this. the poll shows two point ahead for governor romney in florida, that within the margin of error. my team and i were struck with looking at the lines of people early voting in that state today. >> well, those lines are really going to be the indication of how this campaign is going to go. we've had gangbusters early voting turnout in florida. about two million people in a week. because of early voting, democrats have an edge and ballots cast of about 104,000 over republicans. republicans usually do well at mail and absentee ballots. democrats dominate early voting. but guess what? the legislature, rick scott shortened the early voting days. and relative to the early voting hours we had in 2008 in south florida, they essentially cut them by 22% or about 24 hours. so it's go
now if the new nbc marist poll is correct about florida, florida can decide it before we even, you know, do the late-night counting of the absentee ballots out of cleveland. i mean because florida, if that goes for president obama, that's pretty much the story, i think. >> mr. caputo, let me bring new you've in on this. the poll shows two point ahead for governor romney in florida, that within the margin of error. my team and i were struck with looking at the lines of people early voting...
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virginia and florida he leads by ten points. colorado, he's up by 13 points. in wisconsin, he's up by 14 point. iowa, new hampshire, he's ahead by 16 points. in ohio, 17 points. so clearly the american public and women are going with their interests in this election, according to the poll. >> yes, they are. but i think there is still a lot of women -- and i have been out there lately in five or six states talking to women who are always late deciders because they are busy with their kids, they have three jobs. and also women who were born into the republican party, it feels like home to them and don't yet know it isn't the republican party and once they realize that they didn't leave it. it left them. so let's just talk about the issues and vote out of self-respect, then it changes and especially when you consider that this is the first presidential candidate in my lifetime, long lifetime, who doesn't even support equal pay. >> really? >> and equal pay is, inci they are not going to invest china. they are going to create jobs and even that they are against. >>
virginia and florida he leads by ten points. colorado, he's up by 13 points. in wisconsin, he's up by 14 point. iowa, new hampshire, he's ahead by 16 points. in ohio, 17 points. so clearly the american public and women are going with their interests in this election, according to the poll. >> yes, they are. but i think there is still a lot of women -- and i have been out there lately in five or six states talking to women who are always late deciders because they are busy with their kids,...
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colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host: colorado and florida to mitt romney? guest: i would agree with that. this is where we really get into the numbers. obama won ohio by five points last week in one poll, but the sample was not what was in 2008. if you do the average, that deficit becomes a one. advantage for mitt romney, or half of a point advantage. that is where there is a little bit of concern on the average between the poles in the states. i would think it should be more like the olympics. as opposed to these out liars. guest host some say that this shows too high of a democratic sample. -- guest: s
colorado, florida, virginia. the president is at 45%. florida, dead even. ohio, the president is up one. . in virginia, mitt romney is a 45%. andrew? guest: it president, being an underdog in florida, he remains a favorite in ohio. i was looking at the averages last night and right now the president is the average of 2.7% in ohio. that one margin is a little bit low, but he remains a favorite in ohio. if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host:...
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he was the former head of emergency management in florida that had been appointed by two republican governors. the point is that professionalism counts. remedies. my remarks tonight are not intended to be an argument against political appointees. rather i am arguing for moderation and balance. there is an important role for both political appointees and career civil servants. there is a contrast between the roles, too. political appointees are concerned with politics, politicians, and a command and want to change things. the career people are concerned with administration. the political people make policy as is appropriate and the career people implement those policies. the political people are concerned with change, either campaign. changing what is wrong with washington is a common theme in american politics. the career people are not concerned with continuity because they might be there for more years and they want those agencies to continue to run smoothly. they're concerned with professionals. the political people are representative of their political party and their president. career pe
he was the former head of emergency management in florida that had been appointed by two republican governors. the point is that professionalism counts. remedies. my remarks tonight are not intended to be an argument against political appointees. rather i am arguing for moderation and balance. there is an important role for both political appointees and career civil servants. there is a contrast between the roles, too. political appointees are concerned with politics, politicians, and a command...
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. >> stephanie: he is running a spanish ad in florida claiming that fidel castro's niece would support president obama. mitt romney gives chavez the news he desires but has no right to. >> he is just like castro! >> stephanie: smells like desperation. [ applause ] >> did you have to stretch your groin before that -- >> stephanie: yikes. >> i don't think that's an actual phrase in spanish. >> stephanie: it came from you. >> i know. god we said that in high school. >> stephanie: speaking of you, you are an official stephanie miller surrogate. and you will be representing me. >> i will at the palm springs pride festival at the booth of our fine affiliate, kptr and you will be meeting people. so if you are there come out and see me. >> stephanie: get it. what am i the president? i need surrogates? i can't go on the road anymore. >> not surrogates in the helen hunt -- >> stephanie: my surrogates are hot too. look at him. flex. good boy. atlas drugged, it's a world where romney and ryan's plans to privatize government becomes a reality. stephan goldstein, the author joins us now. hi stephen.
. >> stephanie: he is running a spanish ad in florida claiming that fidel castro's niece would support president obama. mitt romney gives chavez the news he desires but has no right to. >> he is just like castro! >> stephanie: smells like desperation. [ applause ] >> did you have to stretch your groin before that -- >> stephanie: yikes. >> i don't think that's an actual phrase in spanish. >> stephanie: it came from you. >> i know. god we said that...
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it's florida, it's virginia, it's new hampshire. why? he needs those three states plus either ohio or pennsylvania in order to get to his magic number. >> all right. so what's the route that they like to get to 270? start with the president. >> well, i'm going to give you the simplest routes for both of them. and for the president, it's that midwestern firewall. pennsylvania here. i think they believe that's in their case. so if that's the case and you give the firewall to the president, you see iowa is a luxury here. he is either at 271 before you put iowa there if you put ohio and wisconsin. watch the numbers here if you will. now, the simplest way for mitt romney, florida and virginia. it also means new hampshire. it also means colorado. and then if he is putting pennsylvania in play, it's one of these states. if you look here, that's the importance of pennsylvania. wisconsin might be enough. he could lose ohio, iowa, and pennsylvania and get there.be the problem is, wisconsin is looking like a state of the same day registration state
it's florida, it's virginia, it's new hampshire. why? he needs those three states plus either ohio or pennsylvania in order to get to his magic number. >> all right. so what's the route that they like to get to 270? start with the president. >> well, i'm going to give you the simplest routes for both of them. and for the president, it's that midwestern firewall. pennsylvania here. i think they believe that's in their case. so if that's the case and you give the firewall to the...
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. >> together we can win florida! >> a contest that's been close for months, in a nation divided between red and blue. we don't know who will win -- >> we need to make sure that we win this one. it counts. >> or how soon the outcome will be clear. >> are you fired up?! >> fired up! >> are you ready to go! w, cnn's coverage of election night in america, the fight for the presidency, the battle for congress, and the issues dividing the nation. >> do you want more of the same or do you want change? >> change! >> i'm not ready to give up on the fight! >> the polls are open, the nation is watching, and history is in the making, right now. >>> it's all in the hands of the voters right now. you're looking at a live picture of a polling place in nashua, new hampshire, one of the critical battleground states. we're watching as we get closer and closer to the first election results. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. about an hour from now, we may be able to make the fi
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of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that and i wonder if he could describe what went on. guest: it came out of the trial court, to us. that is a circuit court in florida. bush filed in miami and that judge dismissed that case. there was an action filed by the canvassing board to extend the time for the returns having to be with the state. that's the case that first came to us. we had two statutes that we believe were directly in conflict as to whether the secretary of state had the legal power to extend the time for manual recounts. one said that if it was passed the
of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that...
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hollywood, florida. the president will travel to cincinnati, ohio, and a late- night rally in colorado. today is part of campaign 2012 review live events of the president of candidates and their surrogates on the trail. we want to get your thoughts on what you've heard. you've heard from the president in hollywood, florida and other events today. independents, 202, 585, 382. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with the state capital bureau chief for the tampa bay times during us to talk about president obama's event. why hollywood florida? tell us about his strategy here. >> think you very much. great question. the answer is an odd is 1 for anyone who studies politics. hollywood, fla., is the second- largest city and robert county florida. it is one of the most heavily democratic urban counties in the united states of america. president obama needs a huge turnout in brought word county. in recent elections it has been underperforming. it did not underperform in 2008. but he nee
hollywood, florida. the president will travel to cincinnati, ohio, and a late- night rally in colorado. today is part of campaign 2012 review live events of the president of candidates and their surrogates on the trail. we want to get your thoughts on what you've heard. you've heard from the president in hollywood, florida and other events today. independents, 202, 585, 382. we will get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with the state capital bureau chief for the tampa bay...
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yes, florida all over again. some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to ohio voters and he's doing so by dismantling governor romney's rationale in this race one line of the obama argument, i am the guy you know. >> after four years as president, you know me. you may not agree with every decision i've made, you may be frustrated sometimes at the pace of change, but you know that i say what i mean and i mean what i say. you know what i believe. you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> we know what this president believes. but governor romney -- >> with these guys, it all depends on who you're talking to, where you are, what time of day it is, what state y
yes, florida all over again. some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to ohio voters and he's doing so by dismantling governor romney's rationale in this race one line of the obama argument, i am the guy you know. >> after...
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even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008. we won't win by those on average, eight or seven points, this time around. you'll see closer races in each of these states but as they line up, the president has leads in all of these states. the structure of this election has been fairly solid with him leading in all these states. i think you will see close state by state races. the electoral college i think will be a decisive victory for the president. >> ari, are you one of these folks who said there's polling, there's polling, but your gut is telling you romney based on t enthusiasm on the ground? >> first, listen to the polling, we might as well canc
even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008....
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i never going out to ohio, florida, saw this enthusiasm gap. i think it was in a lot of ways a myth. look unemployment's been high in the black community for 20, 30 years in some districts it's been at 14% even when the country -- >> it wasn't the same. it wasn't the same as '08. >> i'm talking to african-americans on a continual basis. we saw a lot of people, whoever opinions were about barack obama's perform ant for african-americans felt protective toward him and his legacy and in addition to that, incredible anger at these voter suppression tactics, incredible anger and pushback against thicks like voter i.d., i think the florida legislature, taking away of 14 days of early vote was the biggest political mistake. >> miami shortening the hours in the last weekend. >> and the fellow in pennsylvania declaring when the voter i.d. bill is up this is going to went for mitt romney. >> and i think there was a diminution but it wasn't what people thought. >> also complete, you know, the disavowel of minority voters assumption on the part of the romn
i never going out to ohio, florida, saw this enthusiasm gap. i think it was in a lot of ways a myth. look unemployment's been high in the black community for 20, 30 years in some districts it's been at 14% even when the country -- >> it wasn't the same. it wasn't the same as '08. >> i'm talking to african-americans on a continual basis. we saw a lot of people, whoever opinions were about barack obama's perform ant for african-americans felt protective toward him and his legacy and...
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he needs florida. without these 29 almost impossible to see him getting there. the obama campaign says that's not out of play, that one has been turning republican. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia. if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican's ever won without it, if governor romney can win those four, florida, virginia and ohio, he would need just any one, pick one. he could win colorado, new hampshire, he would win the election. as you know, the president -- the romney campaign says it has an enthusiasm edge here. i'm going to try to create a scenario asking this question. can governor romney get there without ohio? no republican has done it in history. he would have to win ohio, wisconsin and iowa. that would get him over the top to get those three. watch ohio, both candidates will be back. can he get there without it? yes, is it probable? >> so ohio, ohio, ohio. don't go too far away. anderson is with us every step of the way. anderson? >> let's check in with our analysts and dana bash is here, our analysts david gerge
he needs florida. without these 29 almost impossible to see him getting there. the obama campaign says that's not out of play, that one has been turning republican. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia. if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican's ever won without it, if governor romney can win those four, florida, virginia and ohio, he would need just any one, pick one. he could win colorado, new hampshire, he would win the election. as you know, the...
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president obama was in hollywood, florida yesterday. governor romney started his day in sanford, florida. they're trying to attract the independent voters here. they are the ones who can turn the election. they're very important here in central florida along the i-4 corridor, connecting tampa with orlando and daytona beach. so far, 4.5 million floridans have already voted. more than a third of the electorate amid very long lines and complaints from democrats that there were not enough places. a lawsuit to that was filed. democrats said they have the best ground game, but the republicans say they have the best message of economic change in a state hard hit by the downturned economy. currently are higher unemployment than the rest of the nation and record foreclosures. thomas, back to you. >> mark, thanks so much and a big thanks to all of our nbc corresponden corresponden correspondents. never before have we seen the fight for marriage equality become so prominent than the election this year. tomorrow, same-sex marriage meshes in maine,
president obama was in hollywood, florida yesterday. governor romney started his day in sanford, florida. they're trying to attract the independent voters here. they are the ones who can turn the election. they're very important here in central florida along the i-4 corridor, connecting tampa with orlando and daytona beach. so far, 4.5 million floridans have already voted. more than a third of the electorate amid very long lines and complaints from democrats that there were not enough places. a...
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host: independent calller in florida. caller: 22,000 people in hollywood, florida. you said you heard, but really did not see it yourself. you are showing the camera, but you are showing a closed camera. you could really see how many people were there. there were hardly less than 2000 people there. there were more than 3500 people at the mitt romney campaign. the reporter reported there were about 100. the recording has been so that is unbelievable. i am an independent. last time i voted for obama. i got a hope and a change. but i have not seen any change. the change we have seen is the country going from bad to worse. host: we will leave it there. one last voice. republican calller. caller: basically, i wanted to let everyone know for all the hispanics, back then we were all democrats, but eventually was same-sex marriages, the way the economy going, especially with the abortion thing, those are the types of things that hard democrats used to have true values. those are gone. people are realizing that. that is like being in south texas, looking at the polls, i see
host: independent calller in florida. caller: 22,000 people in hollywood, florida. you said you heard, but really did not see it yourself. you are showing the camera, but you are showing a closed camera. you could really see how many people were there. there were hardly less than 2000 people there. there were more than 3500 people at the mitt romney campaign. the reporter reported there were about 100. the recording has been so that is unbelievable. i am an independent. last time i voted for...